Which brings us to FDR's first inaugural speech assertion that "we have nothing to fear but fear itself." FromThe Daily Beast Six years later, after one more dance with FDR, Kansans returned to their normal political axis. FromThe Daily Beast ...
By using electronics as the memorial medium, the project hopes to embody the engaged spirit of Roosevelt's vision of democracy, and bring relevance to his four freedoms, especially the idea of freedom of speech.Turning from the usual memorial lobbies of the old, the project faced the future ...
the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way everywhere in the world. The ...
giving many hope as presented in his Inaugural speech, when he promised that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”7. He was not only a man of words but of action and a man who was able to bring back a county’s stability. He was able to steer the nation through the...
Roosevelt delivered a “Fireside Chat” in which he declared that the United States “must be the great arsenal of democracy.” Harry Hopkins, who was also one of Roosevelt’s speechwriters, suggested the key phrase. A week later, Roosevelt dispatched Hopkins on a special mission to London. ...
fear the danger that opportunity would no longer be equal; that the growing corporation, like the feudal baron of old, might threaten the economic freedom of individuals to earn a living. In that hour, our antitrust laws were born. The cry was raised against the great corporations. Theodore...
A few weeks ago, I spoke offour freedoms:freedom of speech and expression, freedom of every person to worship God in his own way, freedom from want, freedom from fear. They are the ultimate stake. They may not be immediately attainable throughout the world, but humanity does move toward ...